317 prisoners on indefinite non-alternating hunger strikes

317 prisonershave been on indefinite non-alternating hunger strikes, which first started on December 16 demanding an end to the isolation in Imrali and the freedom of Ocalan.

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Friday, 22 Feb 2019, 14:00

Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-chair and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Hakkari MP Leyla Guven’s indefinite non-alternating hunger strike launched on November 8 demanding an end to the aggravated isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan continues on day 107. The hunger strikes launched in 10 prisons with 35 prisoners on December 16 have spread to 62 prisons.

According to the Lawyers for Freedom Association (OHD), the identities of 317 prisoners, which one of the 62 prisons they are held in and when they started their indefinite non-alternating hunger strikes are as follows: